A glowing Cate Blanchett and director husband Andrew Upton arrive for the opening night of the Kate Mulvany play, The Seed, at the Belvoir Street Theatre on Wednesday in Sydney, Australia.

Mulvany says, “The play was written as an exploration of my own family’s spectres of war, and as a response to military commitments being made by my country. The Seed is not so much a political piece however, as it is a deep exploration of family, loyalty and betrayal. It is a play for anyone who lives in a country currently at war, recovering from war, anyone who is part of a family. And in Australia, that’s pretty much all of us right now.”

Joining the Aussie couple: Australian director of theatre, film and opera Neil Armfield and British writer and film maker Ian Sinclair.

The 38-year-old actress expects her third child together this April.

Expectant mommy Cate Blanchett runs some errands — picking up the morning papers and doing laundry — in Sydney, Australia on Friday morning.

The 38-year-old Aussie actress and director husband Andrew Upton expect their third child together this April.

Cate the Great will be looking to capture her second Oscar next Sunday after earning a nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in I’m Not There (she was one of many actors portraying Bob Dylan).

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Cate Blanchett glows in Nicolas Ghesquiere by Balenciaga at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Cate the Great is nominated for two SAG awards this time around. The mom-to-be is up for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role” for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in Universal Pictures’ Elizabeth: The Golden Age and “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role” for in The Weinstein Company’s I’m Not There.

Mom-to-be Cate Blanchett (in Herve Leroux) attends the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Saturday.

The 38-year-old Aussie beauty received the highest honor as the 2008 Modern Master (Will Smith won last year). She was recently interviewed by SBIFF and here’s an excerpt Q&A:

And you have managed to [provoke, inspire, challenge, and reawaken ideas] by being involved in so many thinking-person’s films. I wonder if that has always been a premium for you? Yes, box-office death (laughs), those thinking-people’s films. I don’t know. I’ve been involved in films that have worked and have not found an audience. I’ve been involved in films that have found an audience and haven’t necessarily been the best films in the world. I’ve been involved in projects that fall somewhere in between all of those goalposts. It has been an interesting experience, particularly having gone to drama school and never really being fascinated by films, to tell you the truth. It was never particularly a mecca for me. Working in the film industry wasn’t a destination for me, because I couldn’t consume film the way I could the live experience. Maybe that’s why I’ve been fortunate in my experiences. I haven’t been so ambitious to try and get somewhere in the film industry. I feel like I’ve been meandering.

Check out Cate the Great’s full interview with SBIFF at Independent.com. More Here! »

Elegant Australian mother-to-be Cate Blanchett arrives at the 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards at the Paddington RSL on Monday in Sydney, Australia. (She and director husband Andrew Upton recently took over as artistic directors for the Sydney Theatre Company.)

When Oscar nominations are announced tomorrow, Blanchett, 38, is expected to does pick up nominations for best actress for Elizabeth: The Golden Age and best supporting actress for I’m Not There.

Cate the Great is due in April.

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Mom-to-be Cate Blanchett positively glows alongside director husband Andrew Upton at the opening night of Ngapartji Ngapartji at the Belvoir St Theatre during the 2008 Sydney Festival on Friday in Sydney, Australia.

Ngapartji ngapartji is a main stage theatre production that explores themes of dispossession and displacement from country, home and family. The phrase translates as ‘I give you something, you give me something,’ a concept of reciprocity which governs relationships in Pitjantjatjara society and culture.

(Pitjantjatjara is a central desert language spoken by around 2,500 people across the north-western parts of South Australia and adjacent areas of W.A and N.T. Members of the Pitjantjatjara community will teach us their language - which is one of the world’s oldest - through online stories, songs, animations and short films.)

Cate the Great is due in April.

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Pregnant and proud Cate Blanchett joins actors Peter Kowitz, Danielle Catanzariti and Paula Arundell for the opening night of the controversial play Blackbird at the Sydney Theatre Company on Thursday in Sydney, Australia.

Blackbird is shocking, compelling and morally challenging, with its focus on the taboo of child sexual abuse. The storyline is about a 12-year-old girl’s relationship with a pedophile and what happens when she confronts him 15 years later. Cate the Great directs, reviews have been very positive.

Blackbird runs until February 16. More Here! »

Cate Blanchett puts on her award presenting shoes at the L’Oreal Paris 2007 AFI Awards Dinner at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on Thursday in Melbourne, Australia.

Cate the Great, 38, and her director husband Andrew Upton are expecting their third child in April 2008.

Blanchett joked before the ceremony started: “Yes, take a few snaps of that, my cleavage is fantastic at the moment”.

The Australian Film Institute (AFI) gave out 21 awards across feature film, television, non-feature, international and miscellaneous categories.

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